EMPIRE 1996 + 1998 marked horses are Grand Champions Micro Minis Horses

Hallo
Ich habe viele kleine Pferde, einige sind mit einem Firmennamen gekennzeichnet und einige sind nur mit "Made in China oder nur CHINA" gekennzeichnet.
Die meisten kleinen Pferde sehen aus wie die gleichen.
Hier sind die kleinen Pferde mit der Firma "EMPIRE" gekennzeichnet und sie sind auch mit verschiedenen Jahren (1996 + 1998) gekennzeichnet. Es ist interessant zu sehen, dass es zwei verschiedene Pferde gibt, die beide mit einer "2" gekennzeichnet sind. Ein Pferd mit der "2" zwischen den Vorderbeinen und ein Pferd mit der "2" zwischen den Hinterbeinen.
Benno.
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Never seen before. It looks your collection is a treasury for unknown vintage figures :)

These are Grand Champions Micro Minis. Some of the moulds were scaled down versions of their larger horse sculpts, others seem to have been made just for the Micro range. You can see them all here :

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I never collected these, or the bigger ones, but I do vividly remember seeing them in toy shops and department stores in the late 1990s and wishing they'd been about when I was younger and could've got really into them - when the only available horse-shaped toys in town were made by My Little Pony

Interesting, I was to give the same exact link and information as George but croc's gait is slow.
That Arabian is so beautiful! I think I am not ready to start listing these on TAW, if any other editor wants to start it, the website provided seems to help as a perfect source. Meanwhile, I think this thread can be used to share more pictures of these Grand Champions horses until we find a comprehensive approach.
It is incredible the difference in design between the first and last horse.

So interesting to meet another brand on this informative forum- thank you!
I love the poses of these horses- full of life!

Roger wrote:

Interesting, I was to give the same exact link and information as George but croc's gait is slow.
That Arabian is so beautiful! I think I am not ready to start listing these on TAW, if any other editor wants to start it, the website provided seems to help as a perfect source. Meanwhile, I think this thread can be used to share more pictures of these Grand Champions horses until we find a comprehensive approach.
It is incredible the difference in design between the first and last horse.

Hello Roger,
I think we need a new link on TAW to the company EMPIRE PLASTIC. Because this company produced the micro mini horses called Grand Champions (GC marked on the micro mini horses).
Here are some information's about EMPIRE PLASTIC.
Benno.